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* -«•> . ♦ ! i ; MlIKOLK HAOERO AND SUA81Z SLAIN BT THE SOLDIERS CANNOT HOLD PRIMARY L'l.K<TIHN OHDKKKI) ItKKOHK IT (X)IM) HK HKhl). WERE ON WAY TO PRISON I {lease Orders Kleclion for April 20, When Democratic Executive Com- • ;> mittee Name May 27 for Primary. I Governor Hlease has ordered an Former Mexican President and Vice- Action to be held in the First con- Prettiiiont .. iz,., ^ . sessional district on April 29th to nelly Killed l>y the elect a successor to the late Geo. S. Men Sent to Guard Them on the i? gare H8 a member of congress. The proclamation was issued Satur- Way From the Palace to the Peni- ^ the chief executive. tentiarv democratic executive committee meeting in Columbia on Former President Madero and Friday named ' Ma y 27th,as the date Vice-President Suarez were cruelly f ° r the 1>rimary in the First Di8tric G and brutally murdered in cold blood ThiS mean3 that the general election Saturday night while being taken h&S been ordered to be held a month from the Palace to the Penitentiary ! the P rimary - in Mexico City by the soldiers who' . H also means that the Republicans were sent to guard them The cir ' WlU hokl ,he balance of P° wer in tbe cumstances surrounding the death of eleCt,on ’ aad cau determine which of the deposed i’resident and Vice-Pres the candidatc,s running will be elect- ident of the Republic are unuknown ■ ( ' d by VOting for him Holi(ily - 11 wdl except as given in official accounts’* alS ° bn,lg OUl the ful1 negro vote ‘ which do not in all cases conform’ 1 A ( ' ha, ' lpston dis » ,atch sa - vs the ac- and which are not believed The tlUn ° f the t: ° v ernor in fixing a time only witnesses were those actually f ° r the e'ection of a congressman of concerned in the killing. The Provisional President, Gen. Vicforiano Huerta, says tin- killing of the two men was incidental to i , , , , , , * Ml ' 11 a Hemocratic organizations are all corn- light between their guards and a the first district antedating the time of the Democratic primary caused much comment there. The candi dates as ell as the respective county party attempting to liberate them. The minister of foreign relations, Francisco de la Karra, a ids that the prisoners attempted to escape. Neith er makes a definite statement as to which side fired the fatal shots. It is mittod to the primary. The candi dates were not willing to discuss for publication their views save that they are a unit on the proposition of a primary. It is said that some effort may be made to have the law amended for o mtposs, ) e that neither knows. Charleston county at the present ses- ^ n o k ia in\t stigation has been or- S j pn 0 f legislature because, as the ( * r . r>< 0 ‘ * b rmine the responsibility, situation now stands, there is a spec- and promises have been made that i ■ / /-u i . ■ e » ,. , ,, iunue mat ia | law for < harleston providing for the quilty wil be punished ... . . ' .i * I the filing of the club rolls in the Not unnaturally, a great part of rounty auditor's office sixty days be- the public regards the official ver- fore an election and other rerjuire- sions with doubt, having in mind the ments which will prevent the con- use for centuries of the notorious duct of a legal election in any less l.e\ i uga the unwritten law which time there is some legislative action is Invoked when the death of a pris oner Hi desired. After Us applica tions there is writ'en on the records: Prisoner «-hot tr>ing to escape " Setlora Madero, Widow of the |'\ PreH'aien' n re Vei] >he first definite information of his death from the Spanish minister. Serwr (’ologan v •h'logan Stie already ha 1 heard re- ]sirtn rhat seni. thing unusual and ri'MiH had happened hut friends had endeawTel up to that time to pre- f or ,. genera v.-nt her from learning the whole truth .One being interview alaiut the mat ter !' n. John Gary Evans, chairman of the .state Democratic executive renin 'tee said the date of the pri mary for the Kir"t district had been left b v t lie State executive commit tee to the members from that dts- tr.rt He said that the members from the First district were trying to reach an agreement whereby the primary could be held tbe day be- elect!on ordered by the governor for April 29 1 The primary was fixed at the Soon af’erwardi. accomftanled by earliest possible date, in the opinion her brother. Jose Perez, and Mer- of the members of the committee cetes Madero. a sister of Francisco, from the First district,'' said <'hair- Senora Madero drove to the peniten- man Kvane Governor Please should tlarv but was refused permission to have ordered the election to take see the bmiv of her husband Sen- place after tbe primary was held .ho nr i S.tur*/ a’sn w.is lenw-d adrnit- t 'Hi* tn ’he nwrt u.arv where phvsj. ''ms in ac.nrdarice with the law were perfnriu ng an au'op-y in inti'nis' tn 'he widow whose r - . ' ua= n' a ;.ij t ti!v s'K-nf charac- • . r ex 1 T! M.bs M*t-I'dns Ma dern, a iaut’fuI \oung woman, ed ucated 'ii Kar s who has been a bril- Ptnt leader of sevciety since the rev- olut'on of 1 r < 1 ii was drv-iyed and tigerish tn her •■mo’lons Kv the side of the two women whose husbands had been killed the girl hurled accu sations at the officers who barred the entrance "Cowards' Assassins'" she called them, her voice pitched high while the officers «'ared impassively "You' The men who fired on a as tlie Democrats of the First dis trict could have determined who they want to represent them in Con- gre-s Put *he Governor ignores the pronarv and orders the election for Congreesnian 'o take place one h'oti''i 'iep»re the primary appointe,! to deternniie who the candidate will he is hel 1 ATTEMPT \T \SSAIT.T. Serious (liarge Made NfPnst \\ \. Hnrt/4>g by '.ally. W A Hartzog, a w. 11-known white farmer who resides about three miles from Parnwell. was arrested Fridav afternoon and lodged in Jail on the defenceless man' You and your su~ rharge of attempting criminal as- perior officers are traitors'" No effort was made to remove the women, nor did the officers attempt fo silence them. Senora Madero con- sault upon a young white woman of hi* neighborhood Hartzog denies the charge in toto The warrant was sworn out by the husband of the , , . , young woman. It is stated that the tinned weeping and the girl did not Rt(pmpt wftfl rommitte(1 on cease her hysterical tirade until the TupB(1av of th|i , wppk , t havlnK Wn arrival of the Spanish minister and kept llDtil Frldav . ThPre i9 no the Japanese charge, who came ^ pTfi(pmpnt , n (hp nplKhborh()od a j. offer their service*. The minister spoke with the of- though it has been reported that a meeting between the husband of the fleers in charge, but was told that on young woman and Hartzog occurred account of the autopsy It would be 1 pome time after the alleged act. Impossible for any one to see the Hartzog is about 40 years of age and bodies Later in the day, thev said, { g married. the request would be eomnlled with.ji • + * The diplomats then conducted the Drank Poisoned Mnnor. women away from the penitentiary. As a result of drinking whiskey Madero’s father and Rafael Her- containing a great quantity of acid nandez, former minister of the in- t n a boarding house in Memphis, terior, and: other friends made efforts Tenn., Friday, Bernard Deaver, of early in the day to recover the bodies, Allentown, Pa., and Jack Hartman, and it as said Sunday afternoon that 0 f Xashville, Tenn., are dead and the American ambassador, Henry t wo others are severely burned about Lane Wilson, had interested himself the mouth and throat. The police and secured the promise of Minister sav Deaver arranged a “suicide par- dp la Barra that the bodies should be ty>> and ^erved poisoned whiskey to delivered to their families for burial, friends as refreshments. The tragedy occurred shortly after * * * midnight. Madero and Saurez, who had been prisoners in the National Palace since their arrest on Tuesday last, were placed in an automobile, Herbert Suit Is Propped. A Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch says advices received from South 7hlol. was 'uSompanM by another fwolina by attorneys of C. J. Herbert ear ami escorted by 100 rurales, un- ( '! | y Indicate that all proseeu- der the orders of Commandant Fran- t ' on on O'''' 1 a « aln ,f , ' lm cisco Cardonas and Col. Rafael Plm- th <' s °''<b Carolina courts allejlnf: j ento ■ the embezzlement of $9S.0000 in se- en with instructions not to outdis-' curltlps from thR Spminole Land r i °' lance the escort, the cars moved Columbia have been dropped by elowly. No incident occurred until Attorney General Thomas Peeples of they had reached a point near the that State - penitentiary, where, in an open place, the guards’ attention was attracted, on the detachment guarding the cars according to the official version, to a and the exchange of shots lasted 2® group of persona following. Shots minutes, when the attacking party were fired at the escort out of the fled. The dead bodies of Madero and darkness. The rurales closed In and Saurez were then found, ordered the prisoners out of the car. The body of Madero shows only Thirty of the guards surrounded one wound. A bullet entered the the prisoners, while the remainder hack of the head and emerged at the dieposed themselvee to resist an at- forehead. The body of Pino Saurez tsek About 60 men, some afoot shows many wounds, entering from and some mounted, threw themselves in front. JHETilMMRI) UNITED STALES WILL SEE THAT HE GETS IT OR KNOW THE REASONS WHY Will Intervene, If Nece*w*arj', to Pre vent Hummary Punishment of the Deposed Mexican President, Whose Fate Has Not Yet Been Determin ed by the*, New Government. A Washington dispatch says inter vention of the United States Govern ment to secure justice, or at least a fair trial, for Francisco I. Madero, the deposed President of Mexico, as announced by Secretary Knox at the Cabinet meeting Friday, was an un expected development of tl. > State department’s policy in regard to that Republic. As recently as Thursday it was announced that there was no in tention to depart from the policy of non-intervention in the'Mexican trou bles. It appears, however, that this statement was based upon the nat ural assumption that the now estab lished Mexican government would ob serve Hie amenities of civilized war fare in its treatment of prisoners of either hitih or low degree and when the killing of Gustavo Madero gave ground for genuine apprehension for the fate of the former President, It was felt that the time had come to stretch forth a restraining hand. The administration feels that it has not In any manner departed from Its policy of strict neutrality. Its action was purely impersonal and probably would have followed as surely had Gen Diaz been captured by Madero and threatened with death without the process of law The fact Is. though not officially admitted, that in an unofficial manner the State department did bring to bear in fluences which saved Diaz from death whin he was captured by Gen. Bel tran at Vera Cruz last fall. It Is believed that the Mexican people themselves, after the heat of combat is over, will be the first to express gratitude to the Unite,1 States Government for preventing the plac ing of such a spot on the reputation of their country as would follow practically what amounts to the mur der of a deposed president. It is recalled in some quarters that the action of the Administration in the rase of Madero Is precisely the rsverse of that taken forty-six years ago when President Andrew Johnson refused to Intervene to prevent the shooting of the unfortunate Maxi milian. who was by a singular coin cidence betrayed by the military lead er Gen I/opez. who was his main re liance in that case, however, it is pointed out that Maximilian was in Mexico greatly against the will of the United States ami also that he wa- fried by a legal tribunal in the form of a Court-martial While it is hoped that the Huerta government will be able to draw to Its support all of the revolutionarv leaders of the north and the south the Administration continues under the belief that prudence dictates th" continuance of the military and naval policy of preparedness Pursuant to this the first and fifth brigades of ‘he army remain under preparatory or dera for foreign service and the three army transports which are due to ar rive at Galveston early next week, will be retained there ready to em bark at a moment’s notice. SENT TO THE CHAIN GANG. ♦ Man 107 Years of Age Convicted of s Helling Whiskey. To go for 106 years without get ting into jail and then be sent to the chain gang as you enter your 107th year seems like mighty tough luck, but that is what happened to Dan Chappell, who is probably the oldest convict in the world. The Telfair county authorities have appealed to Governor Brown to pardon him or make some other dis position of his case, as they do not know what to do with him. Might as well try to shackle a baby and make it work on the chain gang as to try to get that venerable old darkey to lift a pick or shovel, -they say. He is almost in his second childhood, and has to be cared for like a child. Dan wasn't too old to sell whiskey on the sly, it seems, and hence his conviction at the age of 107 years after he had walked in the path of rectitude for a long 100 years. Bulgarian Aeroplane Destroyed. A Bulgarian military aeroplane while reconnoltering over the for tress of Adrianople Saturday was hit by a Turkish shell and fell inside the lines. It was piloted by a Rus sian officer, Lieutenant Nikolas, who was made a prisoner by the Turks. The wireless report from the Turk ish commander does not state wheth er Nikolas was injured. DECIDE FOR THE CHURCH Coal Miners Dead. Seventy-five coal miners were kill ed in a mine explosion at the Swah Pea mine in Manltobla. Rescue par ties were sent to work at once to clear away ths dekris and enter the galleries where the dead were said to be located. SAYS VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY BELONGS TO IT. MEXICO'S 1ROUBLE REVOLUTION WILN0UT END THE PROSPECT NOW. Chancellor of Tennessee Held That (\>llege of Bishops Has the Right to Supervise the Institution. At Nashville, Tenn., Chancellor John Allison Friday handed down his decision in the Vandeihilt University case, involving the right of the board of trustees to elect Us own members. The decision was a sweeping one, In favor of the College of Bishops of the Methodist Church, South, as against the board of trustees’ claim. The chancellor’s findings briefly follow: That the original charter was granted to representatives of various annual Methodist Conferences. That Vanderbilt University was founded by the Methodist Church, South, and is now being largely maintained and patronized by said church in the true sense. That the corporation brought into existence by agents of the original patronizing conference simply holds it stitle to the universitj and its prop erty in trust. That the trustees of th,* university were never and are not now members of the corporation and do not hold and never have held the richt to elect persons to fil vacancies on the board. That the annual conferences hav ing create dthe board of trustees, the j right to fill vacancies in "the crea ture" was vested alone in the crea tor, the annual conferences, which by appropriate action transferred the right elected N. F. Harris of Macon, Ga , A W. Biggs of Memphis, Tenn , and V. A. Bodbey of Austin, Tex., to the board at the Asheville confer ence in 1910, who are entitled to their seats. That the College of Bishops consti tutes a board of supervision of the university and has the right jointly with the board to elect officers and professors and prescritve the course of study and plan of government. That "Commodore" Cornelius Van derbilt did not impose and conditions or reserve any oyf the rights or priv ileges Prior to 1910 vacancies on th,* board had been filled by tyhe 1 board, the annual conferences and la-* ter the general conference through the board of education The board of trustees alleges this was a voluntary concession on its part, to maintain In- i timate relations w irh the church The ( position of the bishop's is that the, church established and is maintain-, ing and patronizing the university of a "founded" in making his gift* to the university. The cour. in this connection paid a handsome tribute to Commodore Vanderbilt for his unselfish philan thropy It Is expected that the - is > will be appealed HAVE TWO GREAT CLANS SOME MORE PAROLES, Seven of Them Granted by the Gov ernor Friday. The governor has granted a parole to January Scott, w ho was convicted I In Clarendon County in 19e$ on the charge of forgery, and sentenced to serve five >ears. A parole ha* been granted to Her bert Cason, convicted in Fairfield count) in 19o9 on the charge of car-! breaking and larceny, and sentenced to five years. A parole has been granted to Frank Cason, convicted in Fairfield County in 1 909 on the charge of car- breaking and sentenced to five yeara. A parole ha* been granted to Wyatt Cason, convicted in Fairfield County in 1 909 on the charge of car- breaking and larceny, and sentenced to serve five years. - A parole ha* been granted to John Rich, who was convicted in Union County in 1911 on the charge of manslaughter, and sentenced to three years. A parole has been granted to Thos. Rogers, who was convicted in Aiken in 1909 on the charge of manslaught er, and sentenced to seven years. A parole has been granted to Prince Williams, who was convicted in Florence County in 1911, and sen tenced to fifteen years on the charge of burglary. / Christians Are Massacred. One hundred Christians were mas sacred by Turkish troops in the vil lage of Kenaminio according to lis- patches received by the Bulgarian government at Sofia. Similar massa cres were reported throughout the Tchatalja district, a large portion of which has been left unprotected by the partial withdrawal of Bulgarian troops. Only One Man Along. Only one man aside from the train crew will ride in the special which will carry the Illinois suffragettes to the March third parade in Washing ton. This man will be utilized t® shine.shoes and perform all menial tasks. If necessary, girls w 'il the place of porters on the sleepers and dining cars. Dogs Ran Him Down. Charged with the assassination of Dr. R. P. Cochran of Bradley county, Tenn., who was shot from ambush recently. John Teague, a neighbor, was arrested Friday morning. Blood hounds followed a trail direct to Tea gue’s home. A Resident of Columbia, Who Spent Six Years in the C'ity of Mexico, Talks Most Interestingly of Con ditions in that Unhappy Country and of Her Future. Revolution without end is what Lewis A. Terven for six years a resi dent of Mexico City, an electrical en gineer of Columbia thinks is the pros pect in Mexico, unless some of the powers steps in and places a protec torate over the riot-ridden country which is now in the throes of one of the uprisings that usually take place within four or five years of each other. Mr. Terven sits in the outcome of the present condition of affairs possi bly a few quiet months, after which another revolution will probably break out at any moment. The un rest. says Mr. Terven, may be attri- hiitt il to a number of causes, the most important ami potential of which is Die spreading of socialistic ideas and literature which the great masses of people are learning to read and un derstand its offerings, some of which are not practicable or reasonable, but which is readily believed, neverthe less. Lately the lower classes, and there are but two classes in Mexico, be came thoughtful enough to wish for something better In the way of living conditions, and started a rerolultion led by Madero which resulted in the overthrow of Porflrio Diaz, the lead er himself a wealthy man, promising to seize the lands owned by a com paratively few and distribute them among the common or poorer classes of inhabitants. Like the dream of "forty acres and a mule ", Madero failed to make good Instead of improving condi tions, said Mr Terven, under Made ro s regime conditions became worse, and the restive peons, ready to Join any' movement that promised some thing, got down their weapons and started on the rebellion that spelled the end of the Madero adminlsfa- tion during the past few memorable days in the history of that country. The country Is practically divided into two clans, outside the federalists, or the government The northern sec tion is in the control of Salazar and Orozco, whose bands are simply the creatures of these ambttlduii leaders, while on the south Zapata and Sal- gado, brigands and free lancers, have hundreds of armed men ready to do their bidding Consequently, at all times Mexico's so-called constituted authority is between the upper and nether millstones of disaffection and unrest. Madero. the deposed president, was elected in October, 1911, and w as de posed in a little more than 12 munthi. Mr. Terven and his family witnessed the triumph of Madero and the grand entry Into the capital city that marked the Inauguration of his power. The fate of Mader® is simply history repeating Itself and a situa tion that will, thinks Mr. Terven, b« the predicament of any other success ful leader, as the people again be come dissatisfied with conditSons. A few ambitious, educated men simply lead the peons in any dlrectioa that their plans find necessary. The peons till the land, at least those who work Instead of fight, at a few cents a day, and their standard of living is in consequence, on a very low scale. Belem, a prison In Mexico City, Is a very popular place, according to the statistics of inmates as recalled by Mr. Terven, there being at one time 10,000 prisoners confined behind its dark walls, for various offences, most of which were due to political causes. The law of capital punish ment is short and simple. A prison er whom the authorities wish to be rid of is simply tricked to his fate un der the “fugitive law”. He is given implied libertes and when he seeks to take ad van tag# of any form of freedom, a shot from a guard puts him beyond the chance of any more revolutionary activities. A multitude of prisoners released from Belem recently turned loose upon the country .^and these, fighting at ran dom, slay and pillage without Inter ruption, making the life of residents in constant danger. "The Record, from which we take the above, says Mr. Terven, who was born and reared here, was forced to leave Mexico because of the dangers that constantly encompassed his fam ily. The business outlook was gloomy industrial developments being tied up on account of the condition of the country. He was graduated in the engineering class at Clemson college in 1 899 and the University of Wis consin in 1905. He married a young lady of Aiken. Davis Aide-do-Camp Dead. G. W.C. Lee, eldeet son of General Robert E. Lee, former aide-de-camp on the staff of Jefferam Davis, and president emeritus of Washington and Lee university, died at Ravens- worth, Va., Tuesday. He was 8# SOLVE EL0SSER TRAGEDY FOUND THAT (TUPLE DIED OF . CARBON MONOXIDE. Two Womea Nearly Die in Room Where Twlgg and Fiancee, Grace EloMter, Met Death. More than two years after tbe tragic deaths of Charles Twigg and Grace Elosser, his fiance, Mrs. Mar shall Wilson and her sister, iMra. Pearl Mangold, were overcome by gas in the same room where the bodies of the engaged pair were found. They were revived with difficulty, and physicians who attended them said Saturday the case proved con clusively that Twigg and Miss Elosser were accidentally killed. They added that the Twigg-Elosser case now be comes one of the strangest outside the realms of Action. Carbon monoxide, one of the dead liest gases known to science, killed Twigg and Miss Elosser, physicians at Cumberland now say, despite the verdict of a coroner’s jury that they died of cyanide of potassium poison ing. One of the peculiar features of the tragedy Is tYiat Twigg and Miss Elos ser sat In the parlor of the Elosser home, which was heated by a nat ural gas stove, an dchatted gayly without realizing that they were be ing slowly asphyxiated. It was the same with Mrs. Wilson and her sis ter Twigg, a widower and a wealthy merchant of Keyser, W, Va , met Miss Elosser November 2 0, 1910. She bad divorced Maurice C. 'Wilson, of Cumberland, and again taken her maiden name. After a courtship of two weeks Twigg proposed and was accepted. They then began arranging for the wedding, which was set for January 1. 1911. On December 31 Twigg drove to Cumberland with the wedding ring. He visited the Elosser home and the young woman received him in the parlor, where they aat on a sofa and chatted Near an old-fashioned fireplace was a natural gaa stove All of the parlor window* and the door were tightly closed. Fume* from the nat ural ga* Btove, and chatted gaily oxygen In the room resulted In the forming of carbon monoxide. So subtle la carbon monoxide that Its odor cannot be detected by persons Bitting In an Inclosed place where it l* forming. So Charles Twigg and Grace Eloe- aer aat In the parlor, probably talk ing of their wedding prana, entll they became unconscious and thee were killed by the gaa The glrl'a mother found their bodie* For many weeks It wa* believed they were murdered. Phyaiclana disagreed aa to the manner In which they met the’r 'eath* Thoae who held to th* jar- l>on monoxide theory put rabtt»* and '•'» In tte Eloaeer parlor and tl.'n lighted the natural gas •ton*. The mvimala died. Other phyairlana. how ever, declared there wpi every use# of rvanlde poisoning about the Iodic# *f Twigg and Mias Eloeaer. The Elosser*. completely uns’iung by the tragedy, moved ftem their home to a house next door and Mrs. Wilson and her slater moved to the building which had been vacated. During a cold apell Friday they light ed a gas stove In the parlor and sat there talking, with the result that they were overcome. An examination of the parlor chim ney Saturday showed that it was fill ed with bricks and toot, so that the fumes from the stove could not leave the parlor. ANDERSON COUNTY LOSES SUIT. Mias Virginia Latimer Gets Verdict of One Thousand Dollars. For bodily injuries received when an automobile she was riding in last summer ran into a rope stretched across a public road, little Miss Vir ginia Latimer was given a verdict of $1,000 against Anderson County, in the Common Pleas Court late Friday afternoon. The chauffeur failed to see the rope, which had been placed to warn drivers of road repair work ahead and to detour them around the work. The rope eanght the chauffeur under the chin, Jerked him from hia- seat and hurled him against Miss Lat imer, who was sitting on the rear seat. The blow knocked Miss Lati mer unconscious, and she was in a precarious condition for many weeks. The suit was for $5,000 damages. Strange Horse Disease. Spartanburg County farmers are alarmed by a disease which is attack ing mules and horses and whi.*h in the last few weeks has caused the death of many valuable animals in various sections of the comty. By some farmers the sickness is attri buted to rotten corn, and oats are be ing generally substituted as feel for live stock. Negro Boy is Killed. A negro boy about fifteen years of age killed himself by the accidental discharge of a shotgun Saturday at the home of his father, Capers Allen, near Siegling, a few miles from Al lendale. The boy, with some other children, was playing with the load ed gun during the abaence of thatr parents.